Jamal Musiala Driving Ban After High-Speed Crash on A8

Jamal Musiala has been handed a driving ban after a high-speed crash on the A8 motorway – the latest setback in a turbulent year for Bayern Munich’s gifted midfielder.

High-speed crash on the A8

The incident dates back to April 13, 2025. Musiala was driving an Audi RS e-tron GT towards Salzburg, a car built to surge past 600 horsepower, when the journey went badly wrong. His younger sister was reportedly in the passenger seat.

According to the Munich I Public Prosecutor's Office, the 23-year-old attempted an overtaking manoeuvre at excessive speed and misjudged the traffic around him.

“During an overtaking manoeuvre, the accused Jamal M., who was driving at excessive speed at the time, overlooked a car driving to his right, resulting in a collision,” said spokesperson Florian Lindemann.

The numbers are stark. Musiala was travelling at 194 km/h in a 120 km/h zone.

The collision involved a VW Golf with two occupants: a 30-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman. Both suffered minor injuries. Musiala, described as shocked in the aftermath, immediately went to check on the pair, as the scale of the damage became clear. Property damage is estimated at around €200,000.

Court ruling and driving ban

The investigation moved quietly through the legal system and only recently surfaced in public. On January 28, 2026, the Munich District Court issued a penal order against Musiala for negligent endangerment of road traffic and negligent bodily injury in two cases.

The order is now legally binding.

The punishment carries both financial and administrative consequences. A fine has been imposed, but the heaviest blow comes off the pitch: Musiala has lost his licence.

His representatives have confirmed the incident and the ruling, which had remained largely under the radar until inquiries brought it to light.

Lindemann outlined the terms of the ban in clear terms. A new driving licence “may not be issued to Musiala before the expiry of nine months from the time the penal order became legally binding.” On that timeline, he will not be allowed back behind the wheel until autumn.

A brutal stretch for Bayern’s young star

The driving ban lands on top of a period already defined by frustration and physical pain for one of Europe’s brightest attacking talents.

Musiala’s 2025 campaign was badly disrupted by a serious injury at the Club World Cup, where he suffered a fractured fibula and a dislocated ankle – the most severe injury of his professional career so far. It cost him months on the sidelines and forced Bayern to cope without one of their most inventive players.

He returned in January, only to feel that familiar jolt of anxiety again in March when he picked up another ankle problem. For a player whose game is built on sharp turns, sudden bursts and fearless dribbling, every issue around the ankle feels like a warning siren.

Now comes a different kind of restriction. He can train, he can play, but away from the stadium he will be relying on others to get him around while the ban runs its course.

For Musiala, a footballer used to accelerating away from opponents, the message from the road could not be clearer: slow down.